Cuff-fastener.



UNITED sTArEs PATENT 0FFIQE-1- GEORGE M. GLUOHOWSKI, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

'CUFF-FASTE NEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1c, 1908.

Application filed April 8, 1907. Serial No. 366,917.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, GEORGE M. GLUCHOW- SKI, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, re-

sidingat Baltimore, in the State of Mary-.

land, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cufl Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cufl fasteners andhas particular reference to thatjclass of device, commonly termedlink fasteners.

The object of the invention is to provide a fastener of simple construction, which may be readily punched or stamped from a sheet by means of a suitable die and thus formed in a single integral piece.

Another object of the invention to pro-v vide a fastener that may be readily passed through the button holes of the cuffs Without defacing the latter or injuring the edges that surround the hole, while another object is to provide an improved construction by, which -hole sprung and one plate of the fastener partly inserted therein.

Fig. 5 shows a horizontal sectional view of it end with the fastener in position,the section being taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 6, and Fig. 6 shows a side Viewof a portion of a cuil with the fastener in position in the button-holes.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1,

, designates one .of the side plates, and 2, the

. other side plate of the fastener.

These side plates diverge with respect to each other;- the vertical edges, 3, thereof being closer together than the vertical edges, 4, at the opposite side, thus forming a substantially V- shape space, 5, between said two plates.

- The verticaled 'es 3 of these dates are connected by a rigid curved bar, (3, which has position--in the present instance, substantially midway between the top and bottom edges of said plates.

The edges, 4,of the plates are not con nected but at least one of these edges,say the edge, 4, of plate, 1, is provided with a lug, 7, which projects inwardly or laterally from said plate, 1, and points in a general direction toward the opposite plate 2.

The particular shapeof the plates, 1, and, 2, is immaterial and may vary widely, but the position of the plates with res set to each other, and the bar connectin function in engaging the button-hole of the cuffs when the fasteners are engaged therewith.

In attaching the fastener to the wife, the, button-hole, 8, is first sprung, that is, the

upper edge, 9, is pressed outwardly in a plane beyond the lower edge, 10, as clearly seen in F'g. 4, and the upper end of the plate, 2, is inserted beneath or up through said hole and by pushing said plate upwardly and at the same time givingit a partial rotation, the entire plate, 2, may be passed through the said button-hole, 8. The button-hole, 11, in the opposite end of the cuff will then be sprung in the same manner as 'ust described with respect to thebutton hole, 8, and the plate, 2, then inserted and passed through said hole, 11. When the plates, 1, and, 2,

t cm are essential, while the lug, 7, pe orms a useful.

are in place they will have'position on the op osite outer surfaces of the two ends of the on while the rigid curved bar, 6, will project through both button-holes and at the front end, 12, thereof.

tween the edges, 9, and, '10, of the buttonhole, 8,.and will prevent the fastener from turning or twisting in said button-holds.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A eull' fastener comprising two oval sides, 1, 2, that are rigidly connected by a bar, 6, extending directly from the edge of one of said sides to the edge of theother side,

and :1 lug, 7, projecting directly from the edge of one only of'said'sides,-whereby the entire device (an be stain ed out by fdies from a single new of meta 2. A cull' astener comprising two side plates which have a diverging position relative toeach other, and a bar connecting the 85 After the fastener is in position, the lug, .7, will be inserted be-' nearer edges of said plates and holding them In testimony whereof I afiix my signature rigidly, sand (Zine only ofusaid plates piipvideg in presence of two Witnesses. r on its e ge iametriea yy 0 posite t e sai her with a lug, hereby when the said fas- GEORGE GLU'CHOWSKI 5 tener device is applied to the two button. Witnesses. v holes of a cuff one only of said buttonholes CHARLES B. MANN, J12, will have :1 lug between its edges. MARY M; MAGRAW. 

